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Title: The One Cherishing His Life Inordinately Ruins It
The text is, “ὁ φιλῶν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἀπολλύει αὐτήν, καὶ ὁ μισῶν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον φυλάξει αὐτήν”.
“ὁ”: masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.
“φιλῶν”: present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “one cherishing inordinately”.
“τὴν”: feminine, singular, accusative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“ψυχὴν”: feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “life”.
“αὐτοῦ”: third person, personal, masculine, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “his”.
“ἀπολλύει”: third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “loses”, “destroys”, or “ruins”.
“αὐτήν”: third person, personal, feminine, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “it”.
“καὶ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.
“ὁ”: masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.
“μισῶν”: present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “one hating”.
“τὴν”: feminine, singular, accusative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“ψυχὴν”: feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “life”.
“αὐτοῦ”: third person, personal, masculine, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “his”.
“ἐν”: preposition taking the dative for its object word and meaning “in”.
“τῷ”: masculine, singular, dative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.
“κόσμῳ”: masculine, singular, dative noun meaning “world”.
“τούτῳ”: third person, masculine, singular, dative, demonstrative pronoun meaning “this”.
“εἰς”: preposition taking the accusative for its object word and meaning “with a view to”.
“ζωὴν”: feminine, singular, accusative noun meaning “life”.
“αἰώνιον”: feminine, singular, accusative adjective meaning “eternal”.
“φυλάξει”: third person, singular, future, active, indicative verb meaning “will keep”.
“αὐτήν”: third person, personal, feminine, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “it”.
The meaning of this verse is,
The one cherishing his life inordinately ruins it, and the one hating his life in this world with a view to eternal life, will keep it.”
ὁ φιλῶν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἀπολλύει αὐτήν (John 12:25) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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